Monthly Archives: May 2010 Evelyn was tired. Knitting mittens for 7,000 tadpoles took a lot out of her this Spring but she knew they would soon grow up or be eaten by predators and she would finally have time to herself. She was a good housewife to Bob and she always kept a clean lilly pad or at least she...  I went driving around the farmland surrounding my town looking for old one room school houses on Sunday afternoon and found two that I didn’t know about previously. This is the second one. I found this one on High Road just on the border of Kutztown and Mertztown in Berks County, PA. I’m pretty sure...  This is a look at the roof line, famous star louvers and ornate cupolas of the corn crib barn at the Star Barn complex located in Middletown, PA just off route 283. It was built in 1872 and there have been recent fund raising drives and organizational activities centered around moving the entire Star Barn...  I went driving around the farmland surrounding my town looking for old one room school houses on Sunday afternoon and found two that I didn’t know about previously. This one is on Bastian Road between Kutztown and Lyons Station, PA. It has been refurbished and the present owner has an interesting topiary garden in the...  Everyone in town knew Bob was an S.O.B.. Bob took great pride in ruling the Lilli pads as an S.O.B. Bob didn’t sit in a boat, playing a banjo and singing songs about rainbows because…. Bob was an S,O,B, Even his wife Evelyn knew he was an S.O.B. She stayed with him because though he...  The White Rock Forge Covered Bridge was built in 1847 by John Russell and Elias McMellen, but the original was destroyed and rebuilt in 1884. The bridge crosses the West Branch of the Octoraro Creek. It is 103 feet long and utilizes a single span, double burr arch design. Its official designation is the West...  A Red Fox Kit (young Fox) emerges from the forest shadow and walks out onto the wildlife drive at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Smyrna, DE on Saturday afternoon. One of four Fox encounters I had during the day. These young ones have almost no fear of humans at all, which is seldom a... |
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